Eine Woche Schweigen: Was ein buddhistisches Schweigegelübde nach 7 Tagen mit einem Menschen macht

A seven-day Buddhist vow of silence: What happens when the daily process of self-creation through language suddenly disappears? This episode of Night River traces the internal chain reaction of a seven-day silence—from the first hours when the social facade crumbles to the moment when the first spoken word afterward feels alien, too loud, almost violent. We explore how much of our self is merely repetition and adaptation to an audience, why the inner voice initially grows louder rather than quieter, how time changes without the fixed points of conversation, and how the body takes over the language uttered by the mouth. We also discuss how a noise-saturated society reacts to voluntary silence, why the same absence of language can be liberation or a tool of power depending on the context, and what ultimately remains at the end of the seven days—not enlightenment, but the stark realization that the daily self was primarily maintenance work. If you're interested in questions of identity, language, and silence, make time for this episode. It's more of a conversation with yourself than a lecture.